The $300 million Rivers Casino in Portsmouth will include a four-star hotel, theaters, restaurants and retail. Rendering courtesy Rush Street Gaming
Hampton Roads will be home to two Las Vegas-style casino complexes after Norfolk and Portsmouth voters overwhelmingly approved November 2020 referendums greenlighting the projects in their cities. The referendums passed with 64.4% of the vote in Norfolk and 66.7% in Portsmouth.
The Pamunkey Indian Tribe is working with Tennessee billionaire Jon Yarbrough to build the Norfolk Resort & Casino on about 14 acres of waterfront property adjacent to Harbor Park. Featuring a four-diamond, 300-room hotel, the $500 million casino complex will also have indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, multiple restaurants, an entertainment venue and a gaming room with sportsbook, slot machines and table games.
In Portsmouth, Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming plans to construct the $300 million Rivers Casino near the Tidewater Community College (TCC) campus on Victory Boulevard. The complex will include a four-star hotel, conference space, indoor and outdoor concert theaters, multiple restaurants, retail and a gaming floor with a variety of slots, table games, a poker room and a BetRivers Sportsbook.
